Lisa-Ann Roura, BS, C-TAGME
Graduate Medical Education Coordinator
Ms. Roura grew up in the great city of Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois in 1995, Ms. Roura spent time as a swim coach and lifeguard before joining the Peace Corps in 1997. From 1997 to 1999, she devoted her time in the Peace Corps to teaching agroforestry to the native farmers in San Luis Jilotepeque, Jalapa, Guatemala. Her career in Graduate Medical Education (GME) began in 2001 as a Transitional Year Residency Coordinator at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago and progressed with taking on the coordinator role at Providence St. Peter Family Medicine in Olympia, Washington in 2008. Ms. Roura was presented with the opportunity to diversify her GME experience in 2016 to help start up a rural training program in Chehalis, Washington. Since then, she has helped to grow the Chehalis Family Medicine program as well as invest in new coordinators as part of her role in AFMA and WWAMI.
Patrick Mendel
Clinic Manager, St. Peter Family Medicine and Chehalis Family Medicine
Patrick is a new contributor to the thriving Chehalis Residency program, having joined the team in April 2021. He splits his time between the rural program and St. Peter Family Medicine, where he is also the Clinic Manager. He comes to Providence with a dozen years of experience managing dental practices in Washington. His most recent position focused on leadership development and he remains passionate about this subject, seeking opportunities to offer relevant guidance wherever it can be beneficial. Patrick can be easily recognized in the Olympia community as he usually travels about with his wife and six energetic children. He is a die-hard Green Bay Packer and Seattle Mariner fan, a photography hobbyist, and woodworking/handyman DIYer.
